circumnavigatev.

/səːkəmˈnavɪɡeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin circumnāvigāre to sail round: see -ate suffix³.

transitive. To sail round.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > circumnavigate

circumnavigate1638

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 354 In his circum-navigating the earth.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. iv. 79 With a design of circum-navigating the island.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xviii. 377 Somewhere about 600 b.c...[The Phoenicians] circumnavigated Africa.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 413 Drake circumnavigated the globe.

figurative.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 447 The business of Philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	circumnavigate
释义	circumnavigatev. /səːkəmˈnavɪɡeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin circumnāvigāre to sail round: see -ate suffix³. transitive. To sail round. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > circumnavigate circumnavigate1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 354 In his circum-navigating the earth. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. iv. 79 With a design of circum-navigating the island. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xviii. 377 Somewhere about 600 b.c...[The Phoenicians] circumnavigated Africa. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 413 Drake circumnavigated the globe. figurative.1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 447 The business of Philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1638
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